To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible
before, during and after treatment.
IN THE YLI CONGRESS February XXI, 2008
Sponsored by Senator Summitt (R/CA), Senator Drumm (D/CO), Senator Conrad (D/OR), Senator Monteleone (R/TX), Senator Potts (D/CN), Senator de Klerk (D/CN), Senator Preston (R/NM), Senator Joseph (D/ID), Senator Drennan (R/)
A BILL
To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible
before, during and after treatment.
1 Be it enacted by the Member of the YLI Congress 2 of the United States of America in Congress Assembled 3 Section 1. Title
4 This Act may be cited as the
5 “First-Rate Health Care for American Heroes Act of 2008.” 6 Section 2. Purposes
7 (1) To ensure high quality medical care by
8 having more qualified doctors, nurses and staff
9 (2) To ensure that regular health inspections take place monthly
10 (3) To ensure that all patients are given proper care before, during and after treatment
11 (4) To promise doctor follow up’s
12 (5) and referrals to mental/physical treatment after treatment at hospital is finished 13 Section 3. Eligibility
14 An individual may qualify if she or she
15 (1) Served in the military at any given point throughout their life 16 Section 4. Terms and Benefits of Service
17 (1) Each doctor, nurse or assistant must have a medical degree
18 (2) There must be bilingual doctors on call at all times to assist the patients whom do 19 not speak English
20 (3) Regular health inspections must take place monthly. If that hospital does not
21 meet the requirements; the patients must be discharged to another hospital within
22 that same week and immediate renovates must take place. If this fails to take place
23 within that same month, the hospital will be shut down.
24 (4) Each patient must receive a thorough examination before given treatment to
25 ensure that no medical issue is over looked.
26 Each patient coming in from war must not only receive a thorough physical exam
27 must mental
28 (5) After any sort of major treatment or procedure the patient must be given a list of 29 recommendations for further. The doctor who made those recommendations and was
30 in charge of treatment must be listed in case any further problems arise.
31 mental or physical treatment
32 (6) A follow up with the doctor must take place after a patient has undergone any
33 form of major procedure or treatment.
34 (7) Provide all technology needed in order to file claims quicker and easier. It should
35 take around two weeks to get an appointment and no longer than 25 minutes to
36 receive care once at the hospital.
37 (8) All expenses will be taken care of to prevent backup
Brookings Institute: the 21st Century Defense Initiative: http://www.brookings.edu/projects/21defense.aspx --there are some really good reports on this site about issues/goals for the military in the 21st century.
Senator Summitt
Committee Report on this bill:
Model YLI Congress
1st Session
S.7
To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible
before, during and after treatment.
IN THE YLI CONGRESS
February XXI, 2008
Sponsored by Senator Summitt (R/CA), Senator Drumm (D/CO), Senator Conrad (D/OR), Senator Monteleone (R/TX), Senator Potts (D/CN), Senator de Klerk (D/CN), Senator Preston (R/NM), Senator Joseph (D/ID), Senator Drennan (R/)
A BILL
To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible
before, during and after treatment.
1 Be it enacted by the Member of the YLI Congress
2 of the United States of America in Congress Assembled
3 Section 1. Title
4 This Act may be cited as the
5 “First-Rate Health Care for American Heroes Act of 2008.”
6 Section 2. Purposes
7 (1) To ensure high quality medical care by
8 having more qualified doctors, nurses and staff
9 (2) To ensure that regular health inspections take place monthly
10 (3) To ensure that all patients are given proper care before, during and after treatment
11 (4) To promise doctor follow up’s
12 (5) and referrals to mental/physical treatment after treatment at hospital is finished
13 Section 3. Eligibility
14 An individual may qualify if she or she
15 (1) Served in the military at any given point throughout their life
16 Section 4. Terms and Benefits of Service
17 (1) Each doctor, nurse or assistant must have a medical degree
18 (2) There must be bilingual doctors on call at all times to assist the patients whom do 19 not speak English
20 (3) Regular health inspections must take place monthly. If that hospital does not
21 meet the requirements; the patients must be discharged to another hospital within
22 that same week and immediate renovates must take place. If this fails to take place
23 within that same month, the hospital will be shut down.
24 (4) Each patient must receive a thorough examination before given treatment to
25 ensure that no medical issue is over looked.
26 Each patient coming in from war must not only receive a thorough physical exam
27 must mental
28 (5) After any sort of major treatment or procedure the patient must be given a list of 29 recommendations for further. The doctor who made those recommendations and was
30 in charge of treatment must be listed in case any further problems arise.
31 mental or physical treatment
32 (6) A follow up with the doctor must take place after a patient has undergone any
33 form of major procedure or treatment.
34 (7) Provide all technology needed in order to file claims quicker and easier. It should
35 take around two weeks to get an appointment and no longer than 25 minutes to
36 receive care once at the hospital.
37 (8) All expenses will be taken care of to prevent backup
Resources:
Works Cited:
Works Cited:
Greenhouse, Linda. “Supreme Court Roundup; Justices Reject Decades-Old Limit on Veterans’ Health Claims.” The New York Times. 13 December 1994. The New York Times Company. 21 February, 2008. <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4DF1F39F930A25751C1A962958260>.
No Author. “Commitment to America’s Service Members: Past and Present.” McCain. John McCain 2008. 21 February, 2008. <http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/9cb5d2aa-f237-464e-9cdf-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> a5ad32771b9f.htm>.
No Author. “Federal Regulations Significant to Veterans from the 110 Congress.” United States Department of Veterans Affairs. October 26, 2007. 21 February, 2008. <http://www.va.gov/oca/fr/fr_110th.asp>.
No Author. “Fulfilling Our Promise to Veterans.” Hillary for President. Hillary Clinton or President. 21 February, 2008. <http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/veterans/>.
No Author. “Veterans Bill of Rights.” Mike Huckabee. Huckabee for President, INC. 21February, 2008. <http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=25>.
No Author. “Veterans Affairs.” Obama 08. Obama for America. 21 February, 2008. http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/veterans/>.
No Author. “Veterans Bill of Rights.” Mike Huckabee. Huckabee for President, INC. 21 February, 2008. <http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=25>.
Priest, Dana. “Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration at Army’s Top Medical Facility.” Washington Post. 18 February, 2007. The Washington Post Company. 18 February, 2008. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701172.html>.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 2008. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 21 February, 2008. <http://usgovinfo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.vfw.org/>.